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The Caprock Escarpment is a term used in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico to describe the geographical transition point between the level High Plains of the Llano Estacado and the surrounding rolling terrain. In Texas, the escarpment stretches around 200 mi (320 km) south-southwest from the northeast corner of the Texas Panhandle near the Oklahoma border. The escarpment is especially notable, from north to south, in Briscoe, Floyd, Motley, Crosby, Dickens, Garza, and Borden Counties. In New Mexico, a prominent escarpment exists along the northernmost extension of the Llano Estacado, especially to the south of San Jon and Tucumcari, both in Quay County, New Mexico. Along the western edge of the Llano Estacado, the portion of the escarpment that stretches from Caprock to Maljamar, New Mexic

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rdfs:label	Caprock Escarpment (en) Escarpement du Caprock (fr) Scarpata di Caprock (it)
rdfs:comment	L'Escarpement du Caprock (Caprock Escarpment en anglais) est une ligne géographique et géologique au Texas qui marque la transition entre les Hautes Plaines et la Llano Estacado à l'ouest, et les Plaines du centre-nord à l'est. L'escarpement suit une orientation sud-sud-ouest depuis le coin nord-est du Texas Panhandle près de la frontière avec l'Oklahoma. L'escarpement s'étend notamment sur les comtés de Borden, Briscoe, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, et Motley. (fr) La scarpata di Caprock (in inglese: Caprock Escarpment) è una sezione geografica e geologica del Texas, che segna il passaggio tra le Alte Pianure e il Llano Estacado a ovest e le pianure del centro-nord a est. La scarpata segue un orientamento sud-sud-ovest partendo dal nord-est del Texas Panhandle (al confine con l'Oklahoma). La scarpata si estende tra le contee di Borden, Briscoe, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, e Contea di Motley. (it) The Caprock Escarpment is a term used in West Texas and Eastern New Mexico to describe the geographical transition point between the level High Plains of the Llano Estacado and the surrounding rolling terrain. In Texas, the escarpment stretches around 200 mi (320 km) south-southwest from the northeast corner of the Texas Panhandle near the Oklahoma border. The escarpment is especially notable, from north to south, in Briscoe, Floyd, Motley, Crosby, Dickens, Garza, and Borden Counties. In New Mexico, a prominent escarpment exists along the northernmost extension of the Llano Estacado, especially to the south of San Jon and Tucumcari, both in Quay County, New Mexico. Along the western edge of the Llano Estacado, the portion of the escarpment that stretches from Caprock to Maljamar, New Mexic (en)
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dcterms:subject	Landforms of New Mexico Landforms of Texas Escarpments of the United States Llano Estacado
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Calcium carbonate Canyon Valley, Texas Caprock Canyons State Park and Trailway Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River Quaternary San Jon, New Mexico Motley County, Texas Mexican free-tailed bat Blanco Canyon Little Red River (Texas) United States List of geographical regions in Texas Salt Fork Brazos River Garza County, Texas Landforms of New Mexico Mount Blanco Mushaway Peak Crosby County, Texas Llano Estacado Caliche (mineral) Thunderstorm Tucumcari, New Mexico West Texas Adrian, Texas Amarillo, Texas Duffy's Peak Eastern New Mexico Landforms of Texas Briscoe County, Texas Palmer Divide Palo Duro Canyon Caprock, New Mexico Caprock Chief Dickens County, Texas Floyd County, Texas Precipitation Quay County, New Mexico High Plains (United States) Interstate 40 Texas Texas Panhandle Escarpments of the United States Llano Estacado Double Mountain Fork Brazos River Arroyo (creek) Borden County, Texas Mescalero Ridge New Mexico Oklahoma Quitaque, Texas Ransom Canyon, Texas Yellow House Canyon Maljamar, New Mexico
Link from a Wikipage to an external page	https://www.ars.usda.gov/plains-area/lubbock-tx/cropping-systems-research-laboratory/wind-erosion-and-water-conservation-research/docs/llano/
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age	Quaternary
caption	Caprock Escarpment, Garza County, Texas (en)
elevation ft	1647 (xsd:integer)
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location	New Mexico and Texas, United States (en)
map caption	The Caprock Escarpment marking the edge of the Llano Estacado is clearly visible in this shaded relief image. The escarpment can be seen on the eastern edge of the Llano, running roughly in a north–south line through the middle of the Panhandle of Texas. (en)

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